Remembering that report about racist Klan affiliates infiltrating law enforcement and I have to wonder if a stand down order wasn’t issued in Berkeley today. Granted Shane’s reporting is just one man’s interpretation of events, but it does seem like the police stood back and did nothing.

I tell a police officer I’ve been seeing people get beat up all day and they haven’t been around. “Okay, and?” he says. pic.twitter.com/OuGEcvvb8R

— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017

I ask a cop why they’ve been hanging back as a brawl is happening half a block away in Berkeley. “I’m not at liberty to discuss my tactics.” pic.twitter.com/teGEYBV1ho

— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017